Is anyone else having problems with the rubber on their fiberglass platform? Whenever anyone gets in the boat from the platform the black from the rubber mat gets on their ffet and leaves foot print all over the interior. does anyone have a solution for this? I was thinking (hoping) maybe there was some kind of sealer I could use on the rubber mat to prevent this.

Is anyone else having problems with the rubber on their fiberglass platform? Whenever anyone gets in the boat from the platform the black from the rubber mat gets on their ffet and leaves foot print all over the interior. does anyone have a solution for this? I was thinking (hoping) maybe there was some kind of sealer I could use on the rubber mat to prevent this.

This is an often-discussed problem here. Lot more information here if you do a search.

MasterCraft upgraded the rubber material in 2006. I did that upgrade and found that the problem is less, but not gone - still tracks black stuff to some degree. What I've found is that it appears to be exhaust residue. If I scrub the platform every couple of weeks, it's not an issue. I have a long handled scrub brush, no soap needed, takes about 3 minutes. That maintenance over the course of a year is about 1/10th of the effort necessary to maintain a teak platform. It takes less time and effort than wiping down my sun pad with 303.

So, supposedly (according to John Dorton) the platform material was a problem until 2006. After than, if you're still tracking black stuff, it's most likely exhaust.